Combined foot-rest and stool



(No Model.) A. B. HELLER.

GOMBINED FOOT BEST AND STOOL.

No. 430,947. Patented June 24, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED B. HELLER, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED FOOT-REST AND STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,947, dated June 24,1890.

Application filed October 11, 1889. Serial No. 326,754; (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. HELLER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county ofBerks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Combined Foot-Rests and Stools, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact specification. The object of my invention isto provide an improved portable foot-rest and stool for use in retailshoe-stores and other similar places, which may be brought or placed inclose proximity to the bench or other place where the customer is seatedand the foot be supported by the rest, so that the shoe can be fittedand buttoned by the salesman seated on the stool for that purpose. Therest is movable upon a pivot, so as to change the position of the footwith reference to the stool, if desired, and means are also provided forrelieving the instep of strain during the act of buttoning, if the shoeis too tight at that point.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described, and definitely pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of acombined stool and foot-rest constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates two parallelbowed or curved rods of wood or other suitable material, which form thelegs or supports of the stool. These rods are braced longitudinally bymeans of the rods 2, secured near the ends thereof and passing throughloops 3 at the center of the bars 1. At one side of thesupporting-frame, intermediate of the center and ends of the bars orlegs, is located the stool 4, upon which the salesman sits while fittingand buttoning the shoe on the customers foot. This stool is supported bythe four uprights 5 5, secured thereto and to the transverse braces 6 6.These braces consist of the parallel bars having their ends bentangularly downward, forming short arms 8 8, to which the uprights 5 areriveted or otherembrace and are secured to the bars 1..

Brace=bars 1O 10, with loops 11 11, are pro vided on the other side ofthe support, and

secured to these bars 10 is a fiat plate 12, having a central aperture,through which passes the pivot-pin 13 of the foot-rest, be ing securedthereto by the screw-nut 14. It will be seen that these brace-bars notonly support the stool and foot-rest, but brace and hold the bars 1laterally and prevent them from spreading.

The foot-rest consists of a block of wood or other suitable material soshaped and mounted upon the rods or bars 1 that when the foot is placedthereuponit will be securely held at the right angle for the salesman tofit the shoe. It has a curved upper face 15 to receive the sole of theshoe, and is recessed at the rear, forming a shoulder 16 and a flatsurface 17 to receive the heel. On the under side the rest is curvedfrom the toe or point backwardly to a point below the instep, where itis cut away, forming a flat bearing surface 18, which rests upon. theplate 12, and in the center of which the pivotpin 13 is inserted. Therest is then cut away parallel to the surface 17.

On the upper face 15 of the rest is formed a curved tapering depressionor recess 19, with vertical front, to receive the heel of the shoe andhold the foot when. the shoe buttons tightly across the instep. By thusresting the foot in the groove the shoe is loosened across the instepand may be more easily buttoned. This is due to the change in positionof the foot in the shoe, the weight being transferred from the toe tothe heel.

The foot-rest being pivotally connected to the support can be moved tothe right or left, as may be desired.

From the above description it will be seen that my improved stool andrest are simple and economical in construction, and the structure, whilebeing very light and portable, is extremely strong and will be foundvery durable in use. It possesses other advantages, which will beapparent to salesmen and shoe-dealers generally.

Having thus described my invention, what 1, and the foot-rest pivotallysecured to the I claim is braces 10, substantially as desc 'ibed.

The combination with the supports consisting of the curved bars 1, ofthe braces 6 ALFRED HELLER 5 and 10, said brace 6 consisting of thetrans- I WVitnesses:

verse bars having arms 8 8, the stool 4, haV- GEORGE W. JOHNS,

ing uprights 5, with loops 9 9, secured to bars B. F. SCHONEBERGER.

